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Top Baby Names 1928

Updated: 2025-09-26 · Total Girls: 1,153,317 · Total Boys: 1,107,621

Girl Baby Names — Top 100

#	Name	Count	%
1	Mary	66,872	5.798%
2	Betty	36,083	3.129%
3	Dorothy	33,733	2.925%
4	Helen	22,937	1.989%
5	Margaret	20,295	1.760%
6	Ruth	17,859	1.548%
7	Doris	16,574	1.437%
8	Barbara	14,872	1.290%
9	Virginia	14,500	1.257%
10	Shirley	14,215	1.233%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Patricia	12,331	1.069%
12	Jean	12,209	1.059%
13	Frances	12,137	1.052%
14	Elizabeth	11,767	1.020%
15	Mildred	11,652	1.010%
16	Anna	10,575	0.917%
17	Evelyn	10,533	0.913%
18	Lois	10,425	0.904%
19	Alice	10,139	0.879%
20	Dolores	9,614	0.834%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Marie	9,286	0.805%
22	Martha	8,252	0.716%
23	Norma	8,165	0.708%
24	Rose	8,161	0.708%
25	Gloria	8,119	0.704%
26	Phyllis	7,924	0.687%
27	Joan	7,854	0.681%
28	Irene	7,731	0.670%
29	Marjorie	7,632	0.662%
30	Joyce	7,244	0.628%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Louise	7,053	0.612%
32	Florence	6,970	0.604%
33	Catherine	6,910	0.599%
34	Ruby	6,692	0.580%
35	Lillian	6,577	0.570%
36	Eleanor	6,535	0.567%
37	Annie	6,329	0.549%
38	Marilyn	6,066	0.526%
39	Lorraine	5,982	0.519%
40	Thelma	5,978	0.518%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Gladys	5,791	0.502%
42	Josephine	5,671	0.492%
43	Nancy	5,537	0.480%
44	June	5,517	0.478%
45	Edna	5,473	0.475%
46	Beverly	5,437	0.471%
47	Marion	5,420	0.470%
48	Pauline	5,391	0.467%
49	Theresa	5,331	0.462%
50	Geraldine	5,156	0.447%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Lucille	5,094	0.442%
52	Grace	4,989	0.433%
53	Bernice	4,943	0.429%
54	Ann	4,932	0.428%
55	Ethel	4,928	0.427%
56	Edith	4,846	0.420%
57	Rita	4,810	0.417%
58	Juanita	4,734	0.410%
59	Hazel	4,649	0.403%
60	Audrey	4,630	0.401%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Donna	4,470	0.388%
62	Jane	4,411	0.382%
63	Wanda	4,318	0.374%
64	Sarah	4,244	0.368%
65	Clara	4,106	0.356%
66	Esther	4,096	0.355%
67	Emma	4,017	0.348%
68	Elaine	4,005	0.347%
69	Wilma	3,937	0.341%
70	Beatrice	3,923	0.340%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Marian	3,886	0.337%
72	Charlotte	3,475	0.301%
73	Elsie	3,470	0.301%
74	Willie	3,443	0.299%
75	Katherine	3,398	0.295%
76	Peggy	3,382	0.293%
77	Carol	3,349	0.290%
78	Vivian	3,310	0.287%
79	Eva	3,212	0.279%
80	Julia	3,206	0.278%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Bertha	3,161	0.274%
82	Kathleen	3,151	0.273%
83	Laura	3,146	0.273%
84	Maxine	3,124	0.271%
85	Agnes	3,023	0.262%
86	Gertrude	3,011	0.261%
87	Ida	2,995	0.260%
88	Rosemary	2,972	0.258%
89	Bonnie	2,923	0.253%
90	Jeanne	2,879	0.250%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Carolyn	2,847	0.247%
92	Vera	2,842	0.246%
93	Anne	2,824	0.245%
94	Delores	2,810	0.244%
95	Janet	2,782	0.241%
96	Billie	2,777	0.241%
97	Jacqueline	2,739	0.237%
98	Ellen	2,682	0.233%
99	Kathryn	2,681	0.232%
100	Ella	2,670	0.232%

#	Name	Count	%
1	Robert	60,701	5.480%
2	John	53,761	4.854%
3	James	52,753	4.763%
4	William	49,119	4.435%
5	Charles	31,244	2.821%
6	Richard	28,794	2.600%
7	Donald	25,705	2.321%
8	George	24,391	2.202%
9	Joseph	22,319	2.015%
10	Edward	18,492	1.670%

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#	Name	Count	%
11	Thomas	16,582	1.497%
12	Frank	13,570	1.225%
13	Paul	13,159	1.188%
14	Harold	12,669	1.144%
15	Jack	12,494	1.128%
16	Raymond	11,947	1.079%
17	Kenneth	11,167	1.008%
18	Walter	10,651	0.962%
19	David	9,992	0.902%
20	Eugene	9,709	0.877%

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#	Name	Count	%
21	Henry	9,313	0.841%
22	Arthur	8,880	0.802%
23	Albert	8,812	0.796%
24	Ralph	8,100	0.731%
25	Herbert	8,065	0.728%
26	Harry	7,604	0.687%
27	Billy	7,310	0.660%
28	Carl	6,946	0.627%
29	Willie	6,817	0.615%
30	Joe	6,682	0.603%

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#	Name	Count	%
31	Howard	6,496	0.586%
32	Louis	6,297	0.569%
33	Alfred	6,252	0.564%
34	Roy	6,229	0.562%
35	Clarence	6,068	0.548%
36	Fred	6,036	0.545%
37	Earl	5,966	0.539%
38	Lawrence	5,596	0.505%
39	Norman	5,590	0.505%
40	Francis	5,516	0.498%

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#	Name	Count	%
41	Gerald	5,487	0.495%
42	Leonard	5,130	0.463%
43	Ernest	4,941	0.446%
44	Anthony	4,718	0.426%
45	Stanley	4,481	0.405%
46	Marvin	4,452	0.402%
47	Daniel	4,426	0.400%
48	Melvin	4,249	0.384%
49	Bernard	4,067	0.367%
50	Ronald	3,969	0.358%

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#	Name	Count	%
51	Leroy	3,871	0.349%
52	Samuel	3,844	0.347%
53	Michael	3,598	0.325%
54	Floyd	3,338	0.301%
55	Russell	3,325	0.300%
56	Peter	3,300	0.298%
57	Ray	3,248	0.293%
58	Edwin	3,166	0.286%
59	Lloyd	3,158	0.285%
60	Andrew	3,142	0.284%

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#	Name	Count	%
61	Leo	3,095	0.279%
62	Gene	3,088	0.279%
63	Bill	2,977	0.269%
64	Elmer	2,977	0.269%
65	Bobby	2,971	0.268%
66	Theodore	2,917	0.263%
67	Frederick	2,882	0.260%
68	Clifford	2,862	0.258%
69	Wayne	2,855	0.258%
70	Vernon	2,852	0.257%

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#	Name	Count	%
71	Roger	2,774	0.250%
72	Alvin	2,750	0.248%
73	Philip	2,726	0.246%
74	Clyde	2,714	0.245%
75	Dale	2,640	0.238%
76	Glenn	2,603	0.235%
77	Gordon	2,596	0.234%
78	Herman	2,588	0.234%
79	Jerry	2,588	0.234%
80	Charlie	2,463	0.222%

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#	Name	Count	%
81	Leon	2,460	0.222%
82	Vincent	2,440	0.220%
83	Martin	2,427	0.219%
84	Don	2,382	0.215%
85	Warren	2,362	0.213%
86	Lewis	2,339	0.211%
87	Lee	2,282	0.206%
88	Chester	2,243	0.203%
89	Lester	2,229	0.201%
90	Harvey	2,187	0.197%

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#	Name	Count	%
91	Jesse	2,171	0.196%
92	Milton	2,170	0.196%
93	Allen	2,136	0.193%
94	Calvin	2,128	0.192%
95	Bob	2,093	0.189%
96	Gilbert	2,048	0.185%
97	Cecil	2,005	0.181%
98	Arnold	1,974	0.178%
99	Victor	1,946	0.176%
100	Jimmie	1,924	0.174%

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